- This remarkable book about a ‘wild boy’ reveals what makes us human By Becca Rothfeld, The Washington Post, December 11, 2025
- Once a Gamble in the Desert, Electric Grid Batteries Are Everywhere By Ivan Penn, The New York Times, December 5, 2025
- This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza By Ben Rhodes, The New York Times, December 1, 2025
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Tuesday, December 09, 2025
December 2025: Notable
Sunday, November 09, 2025
November 2025: Notable
- A Different Type of Dementia Is Changing What’s Known About Cognitive Decline By Pam Belluck, The New York Times, November 29, 2025
- Sleep Apnea Linked to Parkinson’s Disease, New Study Finds By Caroline Hopkins Legaspi, The New York Times, November 24, 2025
- American Inertia: Why Can’t New York Fix Penn Station? By Patrick McGeehan, The New York Times, November 12, 2025
- Rise in Kidney Disease Tied to Other Chronic Conditions, Study Finds By Nina Agrawal, The New York Times, November 7, 2025
Sunday, October 05, 2025
October 2025: Notable
- How the Interborough Express Could Transform New York By Stefanos Chen, The New York Times, October 31, 2025
- Got Time and a Boundless Appetite? A Marathon Feast Awaits. By Ligaya Mishan, The New York Times, October 28, 2025
- With ‘Vibecoding,’ A.I. Can Help Anyone Build an App By Lora Kelley, The New York Times, October 24, 2025
- Colin Jost, Pete Davidson and the Staten Island Ferry Fiasco By Steven Kurutz, The New York Times, October 20, 2025
- Liberalism The Economist
- Two infectious-disease experts say this is when you should get covid, flu shots By Lena H. Sun, The Washington Post, October 19, 2025
- The blood pressure secret: everything you need to know to improve yours – and live a longer, healthier life By Phil Daoust, The Guardian, October 19, 2025
- EV owners are using their trucks’ giant batteries to prevent blackouts By Nicolas Rivero, The Washington Post, October 12, 2025
- You asked: What’s the hygiene etiquette on a long flight? By Natalie B. Compton, The Washington Post, October 9, 2025
- How Zohran Mamdani Came to Embrace the Palestinian Cause By Nicholas Fandos, The New York Times, October 9, 2025
- To Steven Pinker, human knowledge is just a game By Becca Rothfeld, The Washington Post, October 4, 2025
Friday, September 12, 2025
September 2025: Notable
- As a Booker prize judge I helped whittle 153 books down to a shortlist of six. Here’s why you should read them By Chris Power, The Guardian, September 23, 2025
- Look to Myanmar for a terrifying vision of a world where authoritarians have unfettered power By Simon Tisdall, The Guardian, September 21, 2025
- Democrats Cannot Just Buy Back the Working Class By David Paul Kuhn, The New York Times, Sept. 14, 2025
- Major Medical Prizes Given to Cell Biology and Cystic Fibrosis Pioneers By Carl Zimmer and Gina Kolata, The New York Times, September 11, 2025
Sunday, August 03, 2025
August 2025: Notable
- Why Thailand’s Politics Are in Constant Crisis By Sui-Lee Wee, The New York Times, Aug. 28, 2025
- You Can Fix Those Annoying Plug Outlets By Tim Heffernan, The New York Times, Aug. 18, 2025
- Why Russia Sold Alaska to the U.S. By Mike Ives, The New York Times, Aug. 16, 2025
- How Liberalism Went to Die on the Texas-Arkansas Border By Thomas B. Edsall, The New York Times, Aug. 12, 2025
- 21 Ways People Are Using A.I. at Work By Larry Buchanan and Francesca Paris, The New York Times, Aug. 11, 2025
- 27 Notes on Growing Old(er) By Ian Leslie, Persuasion, August 4, 2025
- These nuclear reactors fit on a flatbed truck. How safe are they? By Evan Halper, The Washington Post, August 6, 2025
- 80 Years Ago, Nuclear Annihilation Came to Japan By Hannah Beech, The New York Times, August 5, 2025
- The 109-Year-Old Pact That Looms Over European Moves to Recognize a Palestinian State By Mark Landler, The New York Times, August 3, 2025
Tuesday, July 01, 2025
July 2025: Notable
- Take a Ride On New York City’s Future Train Line By Stefanos Chen, Eden Weingart and Winnie Hu, Photographs and Video by Yuvraj Khanna, The New York Times, July 28, 2025
- This Test Can See a Heart Attack in Your Future By Paula Span, The New York Times, July 26, 2025
- A Pill for Sleep Apnea Could Be on the Horizon By Caroline Hopkins Legaspy, The New York Times, July 23, 2025
- I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. By Omer Bartov, The New York Times, July 15, 2025
- Where to find information about flood risk to your home By Rebecca Hersher, NPR, July 12, 2025
- Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza’s population ‘a blueprint for crimes against humanity’ By Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian, July 7, 2025
- If Zohran Mamdani Wins, Then What? By Ross Barkan, The New York Times, July 9, 2025
- The Gender Gap That Ate the Democrats By Thomas B. Edsall, The New York Times, July 8, 2025
- Nearly Half of America’s Murderers Get Away With It By German Lopez, The New York Times, July 6, 2025
- With Etch a Sketches and Apples, Math Is Revealed By Josh Ocampo, The New York Times, July 1, 2025
- Video Shows Drone Rescuing Stranded Man During Flood in China By Tiffany May and Jiawei Wang, The New York Times, July 1, 2025
Monday, June 02, 2025
June 2025: Notable
- Bowling for Nobels By Steven Strogatz, with illustrations by Jens Mortensen, The New York Times, June 30, 2025
- Let’s Get Packing! By Steven Strogatz, with illustrations by Jens Mortensen, The New York Times, June 23, 2025
- It’s Official: Streaming Is Now the King of TV By John Koblin, The New York Times, June 17, 2025
- Navel Gazing and the Golden Ratio By Steven Strogatz, with illustrations by Jens Mortensen, The New York Times, June 16, 2025
- The Achingly Simple Lesson That Democrats Seem Determined Not to Learn By Michael Hirschorn, The New York Times, June 10, 2025
- Want to lower your risk of dementia? Here’s what the science says. By Leana S. Wen, The Washington Post, June 10, 2025
- Taxicab Geometry By Steven Strogatz, with illustrations by Jens Mortensen, The New York Times, June 9, 2025
- Nervous about using the bathroom at work? A gastroenterologist shares advice. By Trisha Pasricha, The Washington Post, June 2, 2025
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